Vinny Golia (sax, clarinets, flute +)
Adam Lane (contrabass)
Vijay Anderson (drums)

Combining influences from Duke Ellington, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Melt Banana, bassist and composer Adam Lane stretches the terms "jazz" and "chamber Music" beyond convention. His blend of music and performance art takes listeners on a meticulously orchestrated joyride, with horns, strings, electronics, spoken word, and the occasional vacuum cleaner. As a composer he has been recognized by critics world wide as "innovative" (Signal to Noise) and "forward thinking," (Jazziz) and as a player he has contributed to important new recordings by artist such as John Tchicai and Tom Waits.

Forthcoming projects include FO(U)R BEING(S) by the Adam Lane Quartet, featuring John Tchicai, Paul Smoker, and Barry Altschul (C.I.M.P), DUO MUSIC with Blaise Siwula (Cadence Jazz) and NOWHERE ZEN: Chamber Works and Solo Statements (Evander Music), all to be released in late summer 2002. He will be recording a cd of duo music with John Tchicai in Oct. 2002 to be released on the C.I.M.P label.

Lane currently divides his time between New York and San Francisco. In NY he performs regularly with a trio featuring Louie Bellogenis and Lou Grassi, and works in the Andrew Drury Quartet featuring percussionist Drury’s compositions with Lane, guitarist Brad Shepik, and saxophonist Briggan Krauss.

Lane has a BA in music from Wesleyan University where he studied with Anthony Braxton, and an MFA from CalArts where he studied with Wadada Leo Smith and Daniel Rothman. In 1996 he was awarded a Paternings scholarship for study at the Darmstadt School for New Music. At Darmstadt he attended master classes in composition with Karlheinz Stockhausen, Klaus Huber, Mathias Spahlinger, and studied double bass with Italian virtuoso Stefano Scodanibbio. He is recipient of numerous awards and grants for composition and performance including the 2002 New Langton Arts Bay Area Creative Artist award and the 2000 Julius Hemphill Award for outstanding large ensemble composition.

Based in Los Angeles, Vinny Golia and his Nine Winds label are at the heart of the Californian free improvisation community. He came to attention in the 70s as a multi-instrumentalist and as a prolific and highly original composer. He is a leader of countless music projects, from solo to large ensembles. His arsenal of wind instruments is vast and he delights in exploring every sonic possibility from each of them. He has an extensive recording body of work that includes his collaborations with Nels Cline, Tim Berne, Wadada Leo Smith, Bobby Bradford, John Carter and Jeff Kaiser. This special appearance is part of an extremely rare east coast tour.